Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan Read Free Book Online Page B

was broken off by her family because the Hong Kong Wus weren’t deemed worthy enough by those snooty Singaporeans! It seems like the star-crossed lovers have never gotten over each other, which has led to this big ugly mess. Stay tuned to Daily Dish for more shockers to come!
    Astrid sank into a chair, trying to collect herself after reading the incendiary column. She was so upset, she didn’t even know where to begin. “Who sent you this?”
    “What does it matter who sent it? The news is everywhere now. Everyone knows your marriage is on the rocks, and that you are at fault!” Felicity moaned.
    “Come on, Mum. You know it wasn’t my fault. You know how careful and discreet I’ve been for the past couple of years as we’ve been working out the divorce. This article is nothing but a stream of inaccuracies and lies. When have I ever sat in the front row of any fashion shows? I’m always backstage helping out. Look, they even got Cassian’s name wrong.”
    Her mother looked at her accusingly. “So you’re denying everything? You’re not having an affair with Charlie Wu?”
    Astrid let out a deep sigh. “Not for the past five years! Charlie and I have only been together for about a year and a half—and this was
after
I left Michael and Charlie filed for divorce from Isabel.”
    “Then it is true!
That’s
why Isabel Wu would go berserk and try to attack you! You broke up her marriage…you broke up her family!” Felicity muttered through her tears.
    “Mum, Isabel Wu’s marriage to Charlie has never been a happy one. I had nothing to do with their breakup. If you want to know the truth,
she
has been cheating on him for many years, with numerous men—”
    “That still doesn’t give you any excuse to be Anna Karenina! You’re still being unfaithful! You’re both still married to other people under the eyes of the law and God! Goodness me, what will Bishop See think when he gets wind of all this?”
    Astrid rolled her eyes. She didn’t give a rat’s ass what Bishop See thought.
    “So now what? You’re going to move in to that ‘love pad’ with Charlie after the divorce and live in sin?”
    “That’s the other lie…it’s
not
our love pad. Charlie started building that house long before we ever got together. He bought the land after his first separation from Isabel—four years ago!” Astrid took in a deep breath and steeled herself—it was the time to come completely clean with her parents. “But I suppose you should know that Charlie and I
do
intend to get married when our divorces are finalized, and I will likely be spending more of my time in Hong Kong.”
    Felicity looked at her husband in horror, waiting for him to react. “You
suppose
we should know? You’re planning to get married this year and you only tell us now? I cannot believe you would actually marry Charlie after all this. Disgraceful…so disgraceful!”
    “I really don’t see what’s so disgraceful about this, Mum. Charlie and I are in love. We’ve both acted entirely honorably throughout a very difficult time. It’s just unfortunate that Isabel had another breakdown, that’s all.”
    “That breakdown! Those obscene things she said about you in front of the whole world—I have never felt so humiliated in all my life! And those poor ladies! How can I ever look the Sultan of Perawak in the face again? We almost killed his poor mother.”
    “Auntie Zarah is just fine, Mum. You saw it yourself—her hijab was so encrusted with diamonds, hardly anything got through. She was more in shock because the
laksa
wasn’t halal.”
    “That Charlie Wu—this is all his fault that our names are being dragged through the mud!” Felicity continued to rage.
    Astrid sighed in frustration. “I know you’ve never liked Charlie or his family—that’s why you broke us up in the first place all those years ago. But things have changed now, Mum. No one cares about their lineage and all that nonsense anymore. The Wus are no longer